Latest News – Page 550
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NewsFrederikshavn makes expansion plans
Danish civil engineering company, Per Aarsleff AS, has signed a contract to carry out expansion work at the Danish port of Frederikshavn.
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NewsNew president for BMT Designers & Planners
Kai Skvarla has been promoted to president of BMT Designers & Planners (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group.
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NewsZodiac RIBs afloat
There is a bold sign on the website of the financially challenged, but iconic French RIB manufacturer Nautic Zodiac, otherwise known as Z Marine.
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NewsWeight not the issue for ‘Rhodina’
Despite media speculation, it seems weight gain wasn’t actually the cause of the plight of the Dutch workboat ''Rhodina'' which sank as it went about its duties around the Dutch city of Groningen.
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NewsFrench port out to catch the wind
St Nazaire is laying foundations, quite literally, for its future role as an offshore wind hub – but it’s not without its challenges, including politics, investment and last but not least: scale.
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NewsIHC cuts away home facilities
In only two years, Royal IHC (IHC Merwede) has gone from soaring profits to Dutch job cuts.
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NewsHydrosphere wins order to supply 32 lights to Belfast Harbour
Aids to Navigation specialist Hydrosphere, has won an open tender to supply 32 self-contained lights to Belfast Harbour.
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NewsRussian patrol boat changes engines
The sanctions imposed on Russia by EU countries have led to a change of engines for the lead boat in a series of patrol boats building to patrol the waters around St.Petersburg in the Baltic.
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NewsClose Brothers wind farm specialists
Close Brothers Marine and Aviation is a finance company that has become a specialist in providing finance for wind farm vessels. At their recent exhibit at Seawork the company had visits from several foreign potential owners. One came from Japan as the owners of the first wind farm vessel in ...
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Ship management merger
The largest ever merger of independent, third party ship management companies has been completed by Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Group and Univan Ship Management Group, advised by Clyde & Co.
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German restructure
Marine hardware specialist MacGregor, part of Cargotec, plans to reduce workforce in MacGregor Uetersen site in Germany to restructure the operations to the weak market demand. The market situation has deteriorated due to the low oil price and low number of new merchant ship orders.
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Boskalis records historically high profit
Royal Boskalis Westminster has recorded a busy first half of the year, with a net profit of €306.5m, representing a21% increase.
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Green boat partnership
French/ US Orion Naval Engineering which was initially founded in 2010 by a group of naval engineers, has signed a future project agreement with Eca Group, a company that has been internationally recognized for their expertise in robotics, automated systems and industrial processes.
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NewsTidal power project calls for investors
In June 2014 German Atlantisstrom’s first tidal power plant was installed and connected to the public electricity grid in the Faroe Islands for testing. The company is now actively seeking investors.
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NewsRussian shipyard to build Finnish dredger designs
Agreement has been reached between the Finish dredger builder and operator Wasa Dredging and the Russian ports, harbours and marine authority FSUE Rosmorport for the construction of Wasa dredger designs in Russia.
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NewsUniting the UK Wind Energy Industry
RenewableUK 2015 brings together the UK’s wind energy industry to the ACC Exhibition Centre in the vibrant city of Liverpool from 6 – 8 October 2015, to celebrate another year of success, innovation, collaboration and - most importantly - resilience.
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NewsAutonomous charting
The very first use of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) to conduct bathymetry for updating US charts on behalf of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been completed this summer in the Alaskan Arctic, reports the geospatial company TerraSond in Houston.
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Italian job
Geological Assistance & Services (GAS) of Bologna, one of Italy’s leading survey and positioning organisations, has been awarded a long-term contract by oil and gas contractor Saipem for supply of services during installation of export and infield pipelines for secondary development of the Shah Deniz field in the Caspian ...
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Fugro expands services
Fugro, the Dutch survey conglomerate with 13,500 employees in over 70 countries, is to extend its integrated hydrographic, geophysical and satellite imaging capabilities under a teaming agreement with EOMAP of Munich, which claims to be the world leader for provision of aquatic remote sensing services.
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Singapore contract for ECDIS Ltd
Hampshire UK-based ECDIS Ltd is to provide Swire Pacific Offshore of Singapore with in-house training courses over a two-year period.
